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Grainger with Koala as part of his pro bono work for Humane Society International (September, 2011)

Greg Grainger is an Australian film-maker, TV presenter, producer, director, journalist, newsreader, station manager, news director, political correspondent and documentary maker.[1] His works spans both high-definition travel and adventure documentaries, to wildlife programs.[1] He has numerous distinctions including being a Logie Award winner for "Best News Coverage" [2] (9 Network) and 2011 IAB Awards "Best of Show".[3]

Grainger is also CEO/Executive producer of the Sydney-based TV Production companies: GraingerTV,[4] Corporate Video Australia[5] and Grainger Films.

Awards and achievements

Grainger and husky during filming in Hudson Bay Canada of the polar bear survival documentary: On Thin Ice. (2007)

Grainger’s coverage of the George Street Sydney bombings in 1972, Australia’s first terrorism attack, won the Logie Awards for Best News Coverage (See: Logie award winners)

Grainger (under Grainger TV) produced the Making Tracks campaign for DDB Sydney & Tourism Australia, which won 1st prize for Best of Show during the 2011 IAB Australia Day.[6]

He filmed the first white water rafting expedition across Tibet (1986), capturing events such as sky burials where the dead are cut up and fed to the vultures, WHITE FURY – THE UNTAMED TIBET (Link Source: National Library of Australia).

He has crossed the sub-Antarctic island of South Georgia in the wake of Irish explorer Sir Earnest Shackleton, featured in the documentary THE ISLAND AT THE END OF THE WORLD (Link Source: Victorian Government).

Grainger's all-Aussie Travel program Travel Oz [8], has resulted in him being appointed one of Tourism Australia’s cultural ambassadors,[7] as part of the FRIENDS OF AUSTRALIA program.

Grainger is an annual Australia Day ambassador.[8][9]

Network & radio work

Grainger has worked for Australian and International news[10] & documentary networks which include National Geographic (USA)[11] & Discovery Channel,[12] Australia network (Asia/Pacific),[13] Travel Channel (Europe/USA),[10] and the Seven Network (for the Travel Oz series- Australia’s TV travel program and Grainger’s World).[14]

Grainger's experience in radio and TV journalism include deputy news director Capital Radio London,[15] News Director Radio 2UE Sydney,[16] "General Manager Radio 2KA Blue Mountains, Radio 2GB, Radio 2UW"(Source: Zoom Info).

Film works

Grainger surrounded by members of the Dani Tribe in the Baliem Valley of West Papua (1993)

Grainger has produced a catalogue of adventure, travel and wildlife programs, from the "Antarctic to the Arctic",[17] from the High Himalayas[18] to the Dead Sea.[19] His 1991 encounter with Princess Diana featured in the 2 part series THE CHARM OF BRITAIN.

His time with cannibals in Irian Jaya featured in the documentary CANNIBAL CRUSADE. (Source: National Library of Australia)

National Geographic commissioned Grainger to produce a documentary ON THIN ICE on the plight of polar bears as a result of global warming, resulting in a series of expeditions to Hudson Bay and Svalbard.[20]

For the past 5 years, he has produced and presented 96 episodes of the all-Australian travel program, TRAVEL OZ, with adventures from the Tiwi and Torres Straight Islands, to crossing the flooded Simpson Desert and discovering ship wrecks on the Middleton Reef. (ABC1 2008-2013, Seven Network 2014-2015)

The program titled Grainger’s World also screens 3 times a week on the TVS.

Affiliations

GraingerTV is a Sydney-based production company, specialising in television documentaries and programs.

Corporate Video Australia specialises in creating outstanding corporate videos. His is a team of dynamic, innovative and creative professionals who thrive on video creation.

GraingerFilms specialises in high-end productions for clients such as Audi, Chanel and Tourism Australia.

Personal life

Grainger and wife Patty live with their two sons Nicholas (9) and Jacques (18-months) bordering the Lane Cove National Park in Sydney’s north.

Grainger’s eldest two sons Jefferson and Chris are partners in his production companies, GraingerTV, CVA and GraingerFilms.

Grainger is a keen yachtsman, bushwalker, and lover of music festivals.

References

  1. ^ a b Screen Australia List of Grainger documentaries
  2. ^ Tourism Australia - Friends of Australia
  3. ^ 2011 IAB Awards Full Set of Winners
  4. ^ Greg Grainger Resources on National Library of Australia
  5. ^ [1]
  6. ^ IAB Australia Awards
  7. ^ Tourism.Australia.com
  8. ^ St George and Sutherland Shire Leader
  9. ^ AustraliaDay.com
  10. ^ a b [2]
  11. ^ National Geographic On Thin Ice - presented by Grainger
  12. ^ Wildest Africa (1995) on Discovery Channel
  13. ^ [3]
  14. ^ [4]
  15. ^ [5]
  16. ^ [6]
  17. ^ Wildest Antarctica and Arctic (DVD)
  18. ^ Across the Roof of the World
  19. ^ [7], http://www.screenaustralia.gov.au/find-a-film/detail.aspx?tid=8401
  20. ^ On Thin Ice.
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